New in Labs: Multiple Inboxes — I'm seriously into filters and labels. All the email I get related to Flash goes under my “flash” label, everything about paragliding goes under “flying,” and they all skip my inbox because that's how I like to stay organized.

Gmail Adds Support For Multi-Pane Viewing — A new feature in Gmail Labs just launched, giving users the ability to simultaneously view multiple panes in Gmail without having to open another browser window. For users that frequently label their messages and have saved searches …

UAC Feedback and Follow-Up — When we started the “E7” blog we were both excited and also a bit uneasy. The excitement is obvious. The unease is because at some point we knew we would mess up. We weren't sure if we would mess up because we were blogging about a poorly designed feature …

Microsoft Bows to Critics, Will Change Windows 7 UAC — Yesterday I wrote about the Windows 7 dust-up that involved a couple of security bloggers' concern that malware could silently turn User Account Control off, and Microsoft's seeming unwillingness to talk much about the issue other than to say it wasn't really a problem.

Next Steps in Openness — Enabling social information to flow through the Web is one of the core goals of Facebook. In the two months since Facebook Connect became generally available, over 4,000 sites and desktop applications have gone live with the service.

Isaacson's pitch for micropayments — Today Walter Isaacson, the venerable former editor of Time and current boss of the Aspen Institute, unleashes a multipronged offensive on behalf of the idea of micropayments for news. In a lecture delivered yesterday and also in a Time magazine essay …

How to Save Your Newspaper — During the past few months, the crisis in journalism has reached meltdown proportions. It is now possible to contemplate a time when some major cities will no longer have a newspaper and when magazines and network-news operations will employ no more than a handful of reporters.

Apple Store Bans Facebook For Life — In an effort to thwart off time-theft and loiterers, Apple has decided to add Facebook to the list of banned websites at retail locations nationwide. When I asked some of the genius' today whether or not anyone noticed the change …

1.5 million books in your pocket — Posted by Viresh Ratnakar, Guillaume Poncin, Brandon Badger, and Frances Haugen, Book Search Mobile Team — One of the great things about an iPhone or Android phone is being able to play Pacman while stuck in line at the post office.

IMO.IM Is The Best IM Web Service You've Never Heard Of — With all the talk about Meebo adding support for Facebook chat yesterday, I took notice of a message in our tips inbox today about another instant messaging aggregator service that I'd never heard of before adding support for Skype chat.

Intel Now Shipping Atom N280 Processor — Intel confirmed on Thursday that it's shipping the Atom N280 processor to PC makers, which should bring more performance and improved graphics capabilities to netbooks. — The new single-core Atom processor is paired with a chipset that allows users …

Maryland General Assembly Bans Facebook — The New Line has learned that the Maryland General Assembly, citing security concerns, has blocked Facebook and MySpace from the computers of state legislators and their staffs. — Here is the full text of the memo from Office …

Watch a live video, share your PC with CNN — Many people who watched live streaming video of the inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama on Jan. 20 may not realize that their PC was used to send the video to other PCs, too. — Clicking “yes” to a CNN.com dialog box installed a peer-to-peer …

Open source dilemma in the UK? — Today's big tech news in the UK is a self-serving prognostication that once again states “open source is less secure” than proprietary software. — This comes from a US company called Fortify whose business it is to search for code flaws.

Roku's Amazon VOD in Beta. YouTube Next? — We knew Amazon Video on Demand was headed to Roku's media streamer ($99) early this year. And now, via their forums, we have word that the service has entered private beta. I had hoped Amazon VOD functionality was hidden within the recent 1.5 software update …

Last.fm fears for online radio future — Britain's complicated music royalty system is killing online innovation, according to one of the founders of internet radio service Last.fm. — Martin Stiksel, who helped oversee the $280m acquisition of the London-based music recommendation site …

Silicon Valley has a few rare bright spots — Commentary: No breadlines yet, but many compete for fewer jobs — SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Jobs are disappearing across the United States at a horrifying pace. — It's frightening to tally up the numbers, especially when you consider …

The History of Microsoft - 1975 — Thirty-four years ago, a nineteen year old kid and his twenty-two year old business partner sold their first program to a little computer company in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The program was called BASIC, and it was the start of this company we call Microsoft.

25 Things I Didn't Want to Know About You — A girl I knew in high school has memorized all of Janet Jackson's dance routines. A college acquaintance is afraid of train whistles. Five separate people harbor lifelong desires to visit New Zealand. How do I know these things?